NBC Scoop: Dane Cook Comedy Next Caller Drops Cast Member

The new NBC comedy Next Caller has made a call of its own, by letting go one of its original cast members.

TVLine has learned that Wolé Parks (photo, second from left) isn’t moving forward with the Dane Cook-fronted comedy, in what sources call a “creative decision.”

Parks, whose previous credits include As the World Turns and Law & Order appearances, played Keith Calhoun in the single-camera sitcom, which follows a feminist public radio host (Cougar Town’s Collette Wolfe) as she starts her dream job at a New York-based satellite radio station. Said gig becomes a nightmare when she realizes her new co-host (Cook) is an abrasive, sexist boor.

Post-pickup cast changes aren’t unusual, as creative teams and networks figure out which combination of characters and players works best for new shows. There is no word yet on whether Caller will recast the character of Keith or cut it altogether.

This show is so lame, “the black guy” is the lucky one. From the moment Cook walked onto the pilot and into the studio, where he wheeled his new co-host out and LOCK THE DOOR form the inside, I knew this was a farce. I’ve worked in radio for two decades, and NO studio has a lock from the inside (TOO MANY of us crazy on-air personalities). There is no basis for reality of believabiity on this show, and I think even non-radio people will pick up on that!

All u Dane cook haters are pathetic. Because at the end of the day, he still has millions of more dollars than u, more adoring fans than u, and more gorgeous women that would hop on his dick in a heartbeat than u. So stuff those facts down your hate pipe and smoke it :)